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Old Sun Mar 04, 2012, 07:05am
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Old Sun Mar 04, 2012, 01:32pm
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Color me there.......again.

I actually did pretty well last year, but lost out in the end......oh well.

One of my favorite "bracket" stories is when my wife brought her pool home form the office (accounting, mostly guys) several yrs ago and asked me to fill it in as she doesn't follow college hoops. She brought her bracket back to the office and paid her $ and didn't think much of it. Well, folks started giving her "the eye" as the tourney went on and talked to her about it and she was like "what?" They knew she wasn't following the tourney much and knew even less about college hoops. Long story short, Ky and my wife won that yr, and there was a bit of "stress" as they handed her the $$$.

I personally have never won one.
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Old Sun Mar 04, 2012, 01:53pm
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Color me there.......again.

I actually did pretty well last year, but lost out in the end......oh well.

I personally have never won one.
I wouldn't say anything if you decided to count that one as a win.
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Old Mon Mar 05, 2012, 11:34pm
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Ok-just created a Women's tourney challenge group for anyone who wants to match prognosticating skills over there-group name and log in are same as for the men's group:
Group Name-Officials Forum
Password-squirrel

Selection show is on Monday-Here's the game calendar and sites:
• First, Second Rounds
March 17 and 19, 2012
Hilton Coliseum (Ames, Iowa-Iowa State University )
Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Conn.-Fairfield University)
AllState Arena (Chicago-DePaul University )
Comcast Center (College Park, Md.-University of Maryland)
Reed Arena (College Station, Texas-Texas A&M University)
Ted Constant Convocation Center (Norfolk, Va.-Old Dominion University)
McCarthey Athletic Center (Spokane, Wash.-Gonzaga University)
Mackey Arena (West Lafayette, Ind.-Purdue University)

March 18 and 20, 2012
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (Baton Rouge, La.-Louisiana State University)
Stroh Center (Bowling Green, Ohio-Bowling Green State University)
Carmichael Arena (Chapel Hill, N.C.-University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill)
Jack Stephens Center (Little Rock, Ark.-University of Arkansas @ Little Rock)
Memorial Gymnasium (Nashville, Tenn.-Vanderbilt University)
Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, Okla.-University of Oklahoma)
Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center (Notre Dame, Ind.-University of Notre Dame)
Donald L. Tucker Center (Tallahassee, Fla.-Flordia State University)

• Regionals
March 24 and 26, 2012
Wells Fargo Arena (Des Moines, Iowa-University of Northern Iowa)
Save Mart Center (Fresno, Calif.-California State University Fresno)

March 25 and 27, 2012
Ryan Center (Kingston, R.I.-University of Rhode Island)
RBC Center (Raleigh, N.C.-North Carolina State University)

• National Semifinals & Finals
April 1 & 3, 2012
Pepsi Center (Denver-Mountain West Conference)

Have fun and let the madness begin
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Bump. It's almost time...
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Old Sun Mar 11, 2012, 06:57pm
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Brackets are now available

Go to ESPN...see first post.
btw the wimmin's challenge will be a small group since the password doesn't work.
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Old Sun Mar 11, 2012, 07:19pm
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Gap-thank you for alerting me that the password for the women's group does not work.
The corrected password is:Zebra Stripes

Please PM me immediately if you have any issues in attempting to join the group and I will fix them as soon as I can-Let the madness begin!

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Old Sun Mar 11, 2012, 10:51pm
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Announcer assignments for NCAA Men's Tourney

Here are the announcer pairings for the First Four in Dayton and 2'nd round games
Courtesy:Turner Newsroom

Tuesday-Dayton-TruTv
Mississippi Valley St. v. Western Kentucky and BYU v. Iona
Play by Play:Jim Nantz
Analysts:Clark Kellogg,Steve Kerr
Sideline Reporter:Tracy Wolfson

Studio-Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith and Seth Davis

Wednesday-Dayton-TruTv
Lamar v. Vermont and Cal v. South Florida
Play by Play:Ian Eagle
Analyst:Jim Spanarkel
Sideline Reporter:Lewis Johnson

Studio-Matt Winer, Steve Smith,Seth Davis

Thursday-Louisville-CBS
Murray State v. Colorado State,Marquette v. BYU/Iona,Kentucky vs. Mississippi Valley,Iowa State vs. Connecticut State/Western Kentucky
Play by Play:Verne Lundquist
Analyst:Bill Raftery
Sideline Reporter:Lesley Visser

Thursday-Pittsburgh-TruTv
Kansas State v. Southern Miss,Syracuse v. UNC Ashville,Gonzaga vs. West Virginia,Ohio State vs. Loyola Maryland
Play by Play:Kevin Harlan
Analysts:Len Elmore and Reggie Miller
Sideline Reporter:Marty Snider

Thursday-Portland-TBS
Louisville v. Davidson,New Mexico v. Long Beach St.,Wichita State vs. VCU,Indiana vs. New Mexico State
Play by Play:Brian Anderson
Analyst: Dan Bonner
Sideline Reporter:Jenn Hildreth

Thursday-Albuquerque-TNT
Wisconsin v. Montana,Vanderbilt v. Harvard,Baylor vs. South Dakota State,UNLV vs. Colorado
Play by Play:Spero Dedes
Analyst:Bob Wenzel
Sideline Reporter:Jamie Maggio

Friday-Nashville-CBS
Cincinnati v. Texas,Florida State v. St. Bonaventure,Michigan v. Ohio,Temple v. California/South Florida
Play by Play:Ian Eagle
Analyst:Jim Spanarkel
Sideline Reporter:Lewis Johnson

Friday-Columbus-TruTv
San Diego St. v. NC State,Georgetown v. Belmont,Memphis v. Saint Louis,Michigan State v. LIU Brooklyn
Play by Play:Tim Brando
Analyst:Mike Gminski
Sideline Reporter:Otis Livingston

Friday-Greensboro-CBS
Creighton v. Alabama,North Carolina v. Lamar/Vermont,Duke v. Lehigh,Notre Dame v. Xavier
Play by Play:Jim Nantz
Analyst:Clark Kellogg
Sideline Reporter:Tracy Wolfson

Friday-Omaha-TNT
Florida v. Virginia,Missouri v. Norfolk St.,St. Mary’s (CA) v. Purdue,Kansas v. Detroit
Play by Play:Marv Albert
Analyst:Steve Kerr
Sideline Reporter:Craig Sager

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Old Sun Mar 11, 2012, 11:15pm
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Women's NCAA Tournament Selection Monday Coverage

According to ESPN here are the announcer teams for selection Monday:

NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special Presented by Capital One – Monday, March 12, 7 p.m. on ESPN HD & ESPN3
Host:Trey Wingo
Analysts:Kara Lawson,Carolyn Peck,Rebecca Lobo,Doris Burke

NCAA Women’s Basketball Selection Special Extended Coverage Presented by Capital One – Monday, March 12, 8 p.m. on ESPNU HD & ESPN3
Host:Trey Wingo
Analysts:Kara Lawson,Carolyn Peck,Rebecca Lobo,Doris Burke,Jemele Hill

College Basketball Live: NCAA Women’s Special – Tuesday, March 13, 1 p.m. on ESPNU HD
Host:Beth Mowins
Analysts:Cara Capuano and Abby Waner

Game announcer assignments will be released with the bracket tomorrow night! I'll put them up when I get home from work tomorrow!
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2012, 09:19am
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I can't do any worse then last year so what the heck!!!
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I think you can wait till the play-in games are done to join. But, don't pull a "grunewar."
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:49pm
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I think you can wait till the play-in games are done to join. But, don't pull a "grunewar."
Man, I can never, ever figure that thing out! I'm such a goober! Forget pwds, login multiple times, blech. I just need to fill it out from the newspaper and scan it in and email it!

Thanks gapper!

Does that make me Old School?
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:55pm
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My losing bracket is completed.

I'm in 6 different "contests" thus far and I've had to enter my bracket in 4 times. Why can't everyone use the same software?

BTW, there are apps now (iPhone is all I know about) for ESPN (BracketBound) and Yahoo (Tourney), too.
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Old Mon Mar 12, 2012, 06:57pm
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Thumbs down

Heck Rich, they could use the same sw and I'd still screw it up!
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Man, I can never, ever figure that thing out! I'm such a goober! Forget pwds, login multiple times, blech. I just need to fill it out from the newspaper and scan it in and email it!

Thanks gapper!

Does that make me Old School?
Is that your 2 pennies?
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